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By Nelson Benjamin
SEGAMAT, MALAYSIA: A millionaire businessman was shot dead while out on a morning jog.
Datuk M. Gunasegaran was found with two gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen by passers-by in an alley in Jalan Genuang at 6.15am. Two spent shells were found at the crime scene.
The businessman, who owned a few pawnshops and a licensed moneylender's business, had just celebrated his 49th birthday on Wednesday. He also had interests in the agricultural sector.
It is learnt that the victim, nicknamed Datuk Itik for the way he spoke, was popular among the locals as he always gave to the needy. Last Deepavali, he went around to the estates to hand out donations, said a friend who declined to be named.
Gunasegaran was questioned in connection with a kidnapping and the murder of former Tenggaroh assemblyman Datuk S. Krishnasamy.
He had also been detained under the Emergency Ordinance.
Segamat OCPD Supt Abdul Majid Mohd Ali said police received a call from the public about the discovery of a body lying face down, at about 6.15am.
Gunasegaran: Owned a few pawnshops and a licensed moneylender's business |
He said a special task force had been formed to investigate. The body was later sent to Segamat Hospital for a post-mortem.
In an unrelated case, policemen found a partially buried body when they went to investigate a stench at the Kek Seng Oil Palm estate in Masai yesterday.
It is learnt that the upper part of the body was covered with oil palm leaves. The man had wounds to his neck and head, and is believed to have been killed elsewhere and dumped in the area.
The unidentified victim had a tattoo on his right hand.
Supt Abdul Majid urged those with a missing relative or had information on both cases to contact the police hotline at 07-221 2999.
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